Spool-holder



' (No Model.)

A-L. PEROT. SPOOL HOLDER, 850.

4 No. 555,551. P5555555 Aug. 11, 1896.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH t ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE LOVERING PEROT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOL-HOLDER, C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,561, dated August11, 1896. Application filed September 24:, 1895- gerial No. 563,543. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE LOVERING PEROT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Devices for Holding Knitting Silks and Worsteds; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved device for holding knitting silksand worsteds during the operation of workin g and knitting by hand.

Considerable inconvenience is experienced during the operation ofknitting by hand by reason of the worsted and silk rolling from thehands or lap of the operator to the floor and its liability to becometangled and otherwise displaced.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and improved deviceadapted for attaehment to the dress of the user, which will efieetivelycarry the knitting silks and worsteds and retain the same in properposition and condition for use, thus obviating the disadvantages andtrouble heretofore experienced in this connection. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a device embodying myinvention, showing the same in position for use. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing the device without the knitting material. Fig. 3 is adetail transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontalsectional view taken on the lin 1 1, Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a hook which is adapted to beengaged in a womans dress, from which hook the silk and worsted holdingdevice is suspended. Comprised in the latter device is a flat transversetop plate B, with which the hook is connected by a swivel-joint, asshown at b. The connection of the hook with the plate is preferablyeffected by means of a short bar or pin 0, having its lower end swiveledto the plate B, as at b, and projecting upwardly from the plate. Thelower end of the hook is loosely connected to the end of the swivel-pinC preferably by means of engaging loops or eyes 0 and a on therespective parts. This loose and swivel connection of the hook with theplate B allows free play of the device and its operating parts.

An ornamental device or plate D may be carried upon the barof the hookif desired, upon which may be engraved a monogram or other suitableornamentation.

E designates a frame which is carried by the top cross-plate B, and ispreferably formed of spring-wire. This frame is by preference ofapproximately U shape, formed of a single piece of wire and comprisingthe side bars or arms 6 e and the curved bottom or central portion 6.The upper ends of the arms or side bars 6 e are loosely connected to theends of the top plate B, this connection being preferably formed by aneye or loop a, formed at the end of one of the arms e, upon which theplate B is mounted in a pivotal or hinged manner by means of an eye oropening 6 engaging said loop. The end of the other arm 6 is turnedoutwardly to form a small hook or point a engaging a slot orsuitably-extended opening 79 in the corresponding end of the plate.

In the operation of the device the arm 6, carrying the engaging point 8may be sprung inwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to permitdisengagement from the top plate B, as also shown in dotted lines. Thespringwire frame E is then adapted to receive the knitting silk andWorsted, when it may be sprung back into engagement with the pivoted orhinged top plate B.

Projecting inwardly from the arms 6 c are lateral extensions E E,adapted to hold a spool of knitting-silk F, as shown. These extensionsare preferably formed by bending U -shaped loops in the wire of whichthe frame is constructed, and may be of corresponding length, or one maybe shorter than the other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, asdesired.

The ball of worsted G is held on the bottom, as shown.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.It is adapted for simple and convenient use to effectively hold knittingsilks and worsteds while knitting, and will retain the same in properposition for use, and will obviate any liability oftangling ordisplacement.

My improved device may be constructed entirely of metal. It may be madeof silver or other inferior metals, as desired.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the preciseconstruction and arrangement herein set forth, as manifest variationsmay be made in the details of construction Without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention. I therefore reserve the right to allsuch variations or modifications as properly fall Within the terms andscope of the following claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent An improved device for holding knitting ANNIE LOVERINGPEROT.

WVitnesses JAMES H. KNOWLES, S. ALDEN GUEST,

